Fundraise for Us

Fundraising is an exciting way to use your skills, talents and expertise, while raising money to support women and children experiencing domestic violence.

Whether on your own or with a group of friends, hosting your own fundraising event for Women’s Crisis Services is a great way to help us help abused women and children. From a family fun day to a black tie dinner – there are lots of ways to get people together to help raise money for Anselma House and Haven House.

What is a third-party fundraiser and why should I host one?

A third-party fundraising event is when a business, organization, community group, school or individual hosts an event or program to benefit Women’s Crisis Services. It is planned and executed independently of Women’s Crisis Services.Women’s Crisis Services is funded partly by local donations. In order to help abused women and children, we need your help. It is as simple as that.

I want to organize a fundraiser for Women’s Crisis Services but I’m not sure what to do.

Listed below are some ideas of the many ways that you can help raise funds and awareness for Women’s Crisis Services. This list is by no means exhaustive. Let your creativity guide you!

Collect Donations: Set out collection canisters next to cash registers to encourage your customers to help you support Women’s Crisis Services.

Designate Women’s Crisis Services as the beneficiary for your event: If your business or organization hosts an annual event that generates funds, consider donating a portion of the proceeds to Women’s Crisis Services.

Terms and Conditions

Event organizers shall complete and sign the third party registration/event agreement form before marketing their event.

All printed materials must be approved by the Fund Development Manager prior to printing and must clearly state the amount of proceeds we are receiving from the event, i.e. all proceeds, net proceeds, partial proceeds, or percentage of proceeds.

When using our logo we insist that you adhere to our colour guidelines and that no changes are made to our logo. Women’s Crisis Services has sole jurisdiction over the use of our logo and any promotional materials created using the name and/or logo.

Women’s Crisis Services will NOT endorse the sale of any products or services.

The third party event may not be for the purpose of obtaining business contacts to benefit the third party’s business; this may be considered a conflict of interest.

If for any reason we feel that our reputation may be compromised we reserve the right to cancel our agreement. We are not responsible for any financial or other damages that may result from such cancellation.

All third party events require appropriate insurance coverage to be obtained by the organizers of the event.

Event organizers shall acquire all permits and licences and are responsible for all advertising for the event. Women’s Crisis Services will promote the event on our website and facebook provided we receive at least half the proceeds of the event. This will be posted no earlier than 45 days before the event.

Women’s Crisis Services is not responsible for any event expenses, or any financial loss or unsettled accounts as a result of this third party event.

Tax receipt will be issued at the sole discretion of Women’s Crisis Services according to Canada Revenue Agency and MUST be agreed upon prior to the event. When forwarding a list of donors for tax receipting purposes, individuals must be made aware of the fact that organizers are forwarding this information to Women’s Crisis Services. Individuals must be given an option of not having their information forwarded, or opting out.

In order to conduct a lottery, bingo, raffle, 50/50 draw or game of chance a licence must be obtained by the charity. Women’s Crisis Services of Waterloo Region does NOT lend its name to lottery licences run by independent third party events.

Women’s Crisis Services is not responsible for selling tickets to the third party event.

We ask that any sponsors supporting your event are in line with Women’s Crisis Services Mission, Vision and Values. We will not support events whose donors promote the use of guns, violence or inequality against women.

Women’s Crisis Services may provide, if requested and if available, volunteer support, a speaker or representative at the event, display or brochure materials.

Got a fundraiser in mind?

Tell us about your fundraiser using one of the three options below. When you apply, we’ll send you our fundraising toolkit which is packed with helpful information. And one of our Fundraising Managers will be in touch to give you all the support you need with getting your fundraising off the ground.